Fresh-air bed.



0. s. VANCAMP FRESH AIR BED.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 22. BIS-- 1,25 1,8Q6. Patented J anLl, 1918.

.22 2f Or/an Tnoamp,

R AN s. VANCAMP, on Kansas oI'rYQMIssoUnI.

FRESH-AIR BED.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan, 1;

Application filed April22, 1915. Serial No. 23,044.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ORLAN S. VANCAMP, a citizen of the United States, residing'at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fresh-Air Beds, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to freshair beds and seeks to provide an improved form of bed that may readily be extended from a building through a door or window and as easily drawn to the interior of thebuilding when desired, the movement from the interior to the exterior or the reverse movement re.- quiring but a moment of time. V

Many forms of tents, sleeping porches and the like have been devised for sleeping in the open air, and air shafts connecting to beds indoors have been employed, the advantages of fresh air for promotion oftent in that it may be immediately converted from an open air to a protected bed. A bed constructed in this manner may serve all who desireopen air whereas under the present conditions very few of the general public a are in a position to avail themselves of open air sleeping quarters.

The present invention seeks to provide an improved bedwhich may be occupied without or within a building at the pleasure of the occupant and which may bepractica'lly instantaneously shifted from either location to the other.

The invention consists in the improved features of construction, combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter set forth, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and more fully pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view 1n elevation of the improved bed and a fragmentary sectional view of a building to which the bed is attached, the bed being shown in extended position outside the outer wall of the building. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary exterior view'in elevation of the building, a window casing, a pair of hinged window sash, and an end view in elevation of the bed.

Fig, 3 is a fragmentary sectional view of the bednsup'porting connections taken on line a of Fig.1. V I

Fig. 4: is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line bof Fig. 1. a 7 Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line 0 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional View taken on line cl of Fig. 5.

The walls 1 and 2, ceiling casing 4, 5,

6 and 7 r and the swinging windowsash 8- are of usual and well known construction such as may be employed in the construction of any dwelling or hotel.

To, the window casing 4- is secured by screws 9 the block 10, to which is secured.

in any usual manner the angle shaped bars 11 which extend outward from the wall 1 preferably; the distance of the full length of the bed and slightly beyond and inside the wall, a sufficient distanceto allow the bed to be fully withdrawntothe inside of the wall, the wall 2 being broken; away because of insuiiicient room for fully'illustratiiigand because of well known construction.

Between theinnerf end '12 of the angle shaped bars 11 and the ceiling 3 is a bridge 13 to hold the inner end of the bars down so that theouter end 14 will stand rigid and supporttheweight of the bed and any person or persons that may occupythe same,

the flanges 15 of the angleshaped bars forming a track for the wheels 16 to roll upon, and underneath which the roller 17, is see cured in rolling position. to remove. any; friction that may be caused'by av tipping or tilting of the bed; the wheelst16 being journaled on the pins' 18 which are riveted to the yoke 19, the yoke extending downwardffrom each of the .wheels 16 and connecting integrally underneath the flanges 15,

the pin 20 passing through the yoke and forming ajournal for roller 17 to roll upon. From the foregoing it will be understood that there are two of the yokes 19 and that each yoke in connection with the wheels 16 and roller 17 form a truck that will roll freely along the flanges of the angle shaped bars 11, each yoke supporting one end of the bed.

To the yokes 19 are secured by rivets 21 the angle shaped bars 46 to which are secured in any convenient manner the corner separated by springs 30, the rods being pro vided with handles 31 extending downward through the slotted hole 32, the outer ends 47 of the latch rods engaging the posts 22 and being held in engaged position bythe spring 30, the handles serving as a means of disengaging the rods from the posts so that the rails 28 may be lowered as indicated by the view Fig. 5 for the purpose of easy access to the bed. 7

The floor 33 is provided to retain any usual form of bedding and it may also serve as a support for seats as common chairs and the like to afford a cool place to spend the evening, the floor being merely a Hat plate of metal or wood secured in any usual man-- ner. J ournaled in the posts 22 is the shaft 34 to which is secured the bevel gear 35, in

' which meshes the bevel gear 36, the latter bein journaled on the pin 37 secured to brac et 38 shown in dotted lines behind the gear 36 in Fig. 2 and, in turn secured to the intermediate cross rails 23. Upon the shaft 34 is mounted the drum 43 from which leads the cord or cable 54 in one direction upward and over the pulley 39 and then to the end 14 of the angle shaped bars 11 where it is '45 secured to the spool 40, the opposite end of the cord extending upward and over the pulley 41 and then to the end 12 of the angle shaped bars 11' where it is secured to the spool 42, the pulleys 39 and 41 being mounted to revolve on the pin 44. by which they are secured to theyoke 45 the latter in turn being secured to the angle shaped bars 46.

From the foregoing itwill be understood that the bed is mounted to traverse the angle shaped bars 11 and that the floor 33 is supported" byiposts 22 throughconnections to wheels 16, the floor forming a suitable place on which to arrange seats or bedding, and

thebed from the interior and thenmove the bed to the exterior, also in case of sudden Storm the bed may as easily and quickly be moved to the interior.

The angle shaped bars 46 are covered by the canvas 49 forming a roof or cover immediatel underneath the ed e of which are mounted the usual form of roller curtains 50, the curtains not being further illustrated because of wellknown construction, the curtains being provided with button holes 51 positioned to button to the buttons 52when the curtains are lowered, so that the bed may be entirely inclosed and answer all purposes of a sleeping tent or an inclosed sleeping porch. V f n The blocks 53 are provided and secured in any usual manner to the angle shaped bars 11 to stop the wheels 16 and prevent the bed from being moved-too far from the wall 1 so that the wheels cannot be run entirely to the end 14 of the bars and dropped there from, the blocks serving as a safety stop.

The improved bed is of chief importance as a fresh air sleeping bed but may also be advantageously employed as a resting place day or night without bedding, the construction being suitable for installation in any building where there is room outside the wall to extend the bed. It is obvious that numerous changes may be made in the details-as set forth without departure from the essentials of the invention, 7

What I claim as new, and desire to secure" by Letters Patent, is r i i V In fresh airbeds, the outer wall of a building, a'window openingin said wall, a

track secured to said wall in the upper side of said window opening, said track extending into the building and outward from said wall, wheel supported trucks mounted on said track, posts depending from said trucks,

bottom frame members connecting said posts, intermediate frame members connectmg said posts, and a floor positioned between the lower end of sald posts.

in the presence of two witnesses. v r

' ORLAN S. VANCAMP. Witnesses: V

MYRTLE VAN CAMP, MARVIN B. DAVIS.

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7 Washington, D. (1.. i

V In testimony whereofI affix my: signature 

